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Dismissed21 November 20233312740

2 Tidewell Mews, Westgate-on-Sea, CT8 8PX

Planning appeal 3312740 at 2 Tidewell Mews, Westgate-on-Sea, CT8 8PX (Thanet District Council) was dismissed on 21 November 2023 by Inspector Hickey A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of future occupants with particular regard to noise, disturbance, outlook, light and external amenity space.

erection of 1No three-storey three bedroom detached dwelling adjacent to No.2 Tidewell Mews

Authority
Thanet District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Hickey A
Postcode
CT8 8PX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of future occupants with particular regard to noise, disturbance, outlook, light and external amenity space
  • the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The overbearing effect of the protected tree and inadequate natural light to the ground floor living space would result in unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers, which substantially outweighed the moderate benefits of delivering one additional dwelling in an area with housing land supply shortfall.

The moderate benefits of delivering one additional dwelling and addressing housing land supply shortfall were substantially outweighed by the substantial harm to the living conditions of future occupiers through inadequate light, outlook and external amenity space, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP35Policy QD03Policy QD02
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11
Judgments
Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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